inner city
Example Sentences
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The population had been falling for years; the words "inner city" were regarded as a mark of degradation.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
“I was in the inner city, I’m not going to shy away from that,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Handsworth and other inner city areas have been worst affected in recent years by a lack of investment, Mr Connell says, "disproportionately hitting the areas which already had problems around poverty and housing stock".
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
Maverick Carter, a longtime friend and business partner of both James and Schottenstein who runs an entertainment company, describes meeting Schottenstein as “a young African-American kid from the inner city of Akron, Ohio.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
They decided to bring the lessons of the rice paddy to the American inner city.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
